Is there a very small possibility that God exists?

There is varying possibility for the existence of every single entity that you can imagine. Because thats what possibilities are all about. Hence this is what a strong agnostic would argue for. What if God is so complex that it is beyond the ability of human beings to ever fathom it, let alone prove or disprove it. That's an unfortunate possibility. Unfortunate because then, we have to assume that we are being grown by a being so complex that there is no way of knowing that being. Worse still, most of those God fearing persons will tell you that this being actually watches over each one of us and punishes or rewards our actions! Thats a bad situation!

But what if there is a God and you dont believe in him?

Yes. This is the only reason why you should believe in God!
Because if your definition of God is an all mighty force built on the image of a human subject to the same whims, fancies and ego of man, then you better believe in him.

Is death reversible?

Not if you accept the definition of death i alluded to before: the irreversible deterioration of the bilological system which goes beyond an arbitrary limit.

However it may be possible to change the definition itself. Its possible that we can preserve the biological system, that is the body, and wait for science to evolve to such an extent in the future that the deterioration once believed to be irreversible can be corrected and enough biological functions of the organism may be recovered "bring the person back to life". Efforts are already on as in the cryosuspension programs.

A person who wakes up from un-responsive comatose stage after a head injury or stroke has actually gone close to the arbitary limit which we have set for death and then recovered enough function to become self aware. There may be permanant change to his mental faculties and physical functions as a result of the neurological damage. Yet he continues to "live" and is identified as the same person by his relatives.

All this just goes on to prove that the human brain is just a biological system, a very complex one, that as long as it functions, gives the manifestation of life. If its destroyed, life ends. There is no soul. There is nothing after death.

Death

How do you define this singularity called death?

Its easier done once we accept that all humans, in fact, all known living organisms are biological systems. Death is the point where irreversible deterioration of the biological system crosses and continues beyond a defined limit. This limit is defined according to how far medical science has advanced. Decades back, stopping of respiratory function and cardiac functions were necessary to declare death. Now we know that irreversible cessation of brain stem functions is enough to declare that a person is dead and there are many tests to determine that.

There is absolutely no reason to believe that there is a soul which exists independent of the physical body we have. The soul is the mental image of self-awareness and this is a function of the intact brain.

What happens to you after death?
The question itself is meaningless since the entity called "you" has ceased to function permanently and is no longer in a position to appreciate anything in the physical world.

So then what is life?
Life is the sum total of your retrievable memories, your active thought processes based on previous experiences and intellect and the collage of sensory stimuli that you experience as a result of your interaction with the physical world.

Are we willing to give up more?

Why should you give up more irrational beliefs like life after death, reincarnation, heaven, judgment day etc? Simply because it frees your mind.

Will that make you less moral and compassionate?

It is more likely to be the other way around. Your moral mind is independent of some abstract un-provable irrational concept. Its not that you will start to kill and rape once you are freed of the need to believe in a supreme being and a judgement day. Will people become desperados once they realise that there is absolute nothingness once you are dead? And that the dead remain dead forever?

Many of the morally unscrupulous are highly religious. Most of the conflict and senseless killing are actually because people strongly believe in their God(s).

Why do people believe in God?

Is there a biological reason that majority of human beings believe in God or gods? Is it genetic? Is it hidden away somewhere in the brain - the so called God center? Are we really hard wired to believe in such a scientifically untenable concept?

Well, i think so.

There might be two factors at work

1. Its 'intuitive'. Since just about everything is created by something. There must be a creator. A creator must be as realistic as your parents. Evolution is a counter-intuitive concept taught in school.
2. Evolutionary advantage must be considered for the reason why most people believe in God. May be there is some form of natural selection that favors the genetic make up that codes for the brain phenotype that is susceptible to believing in such an entity.This second reason is what I would like to analyze.
   

A person who is an atheist takes direct responsibility for his actions and omissions.

Consider two surgeons operating on a patient. Both are highly skilled and takes great care operating. And something goes terribly wrong... The atheist surgeon, even though he believes that he has taken utmost care, knows that it is some action of his that caused the undesirable result. That action may not even be obvious. The intensity of the unknown error should weigh heavier on him than the theist surgeon who can take refuge by believing that he did his best but God or fate had other plans.

Does this psychological cushion translate into a small but definite survival advantage for the theist ?

Atheist? Agnostic? or Ignostic?

So where do we stand?

I would like to dedicate this space for encouraging people to give up their religion and escape from the 'need to believe in God'.

I personally would like to believe in Ignosticism : "the view that a coherent definition of God must be put forward before the question of the existence of God can be meaningfully discussed. If the chosen definition isn't coherent, the ignostic holds the noncognitivist view that the existence of God is meaningless or empirically untestable"[as wikipedia defines it]

You are welcome to this site to find resources to help escape the 'initial programming' that forces one to believe in a supreme creator or God or gods or deities etc. as the case may be.

Here, you are encouraged to think free, to think differently and independently. By being a agnostic, it eases the turbulence of transition that one may face as you begin the journey of giving up your religion. If you are an atheist, you dont need any help anyway!

I feel there is an urgent need to save the society from the menace of blind religious beliefs and superstition even as the government unwittingly encourages it by supporting secularism.

Lets support deconversion instead.